| Author | Message | ||
     Dgrobels |
OK so I do a few burnouts here and there and was wandering if there are any tires out there that are beefy? | ||
| Iamarchangel |
Umm, define beefy? | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Naturally no gentleman of my advanced age is any sort of "burnout" specialist.  However, I think what Doug means is a tire with a thicker tread depth. Burnout artists often just use cheap tires like Tomahawks, and such like. Another approach would be a sport touring tire, like the Michelin Pilot Road 2's which I just fitted to my bike. This tires have two advantages over the normal sport tires: 1. The tread itself is a bit thicker. 2. The center section of the tires are made from a harder rubber compound than the sides. These tires are about 20% more expensive that high quality sport tires, and promise twice the mileage in normal use. As for burn outs, well.................. | ||
| Dgrobels |
Jon you hit the nail on the head on that one Im gonna chill on the burnouts, its a new bike and its so easy, Ill grow up now....I hope | ||
| Andymnelson |
"Ill grow up now" I hope not! Besides, you have to warm up that tire before the wheelies.  | ||
| Cityxslicker |
my definition of Beefy is something that rooster tails and slugs through the mud well.... so you really do need to qualify the beef you are looking for. | ||
| Iamarchangel |
My idea of beefy would be the high mileage tires. You indicated stunting, I would use discount tires for that. You specified burnouts, I would use used track tires. I was unpleasantly surprised at how soft tires are and how quickly they are worn down. I would never do a burnout, at least until I'm just about to change the tires anyway. | ||
| Dgrobels |
Iamarchangel, Ive learned the hard way but found that my tire must have hit something cause i see a slit in it yesterday still trying to find a cheap tire or a used one? | ||
| Jos51700 |
I do many many many a burnouts (I've yet to get a picture of me on the bike with the back tire not boiling). I highly rectamend the Continental Road Attack. I've got about 20 minutes of burnout time on mine, and there's still tread in the middle. That included a few 600+ mile trips, too. Gotta love that deep-center-tread dual compound! It only slips when I want it to, and has great traction and handling in the corners. | ||
| Rydberg |
this is a tough thing to decide when on a sport bike. on the harley there is no question, the harder the rubber the better. never hit turns fast on that thing. but on the Buell you want to lean it. you cant do that with a hard tire. but the harder the tire the better the burn outs, i think. and when doing a burn out with a soft tire like the suggested used racing tires, i cant help but think its gonna grab at any moment. for burn outs alone, the harder the better, but for a bike you ride everyday and do the occasional burn out or two or three, the duel compound are good. | ||
| Dgrobels |
I ended up going with a remanufactured tire, they are not re treads from what some people thing and there in expensive http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/180-55ZR17-TOMAHAWK -MOTORCYCLE-TIRE-T3-FREE-SHIPPING_W0QQcmdZViewItem QQcategoryZ35601QQihZ015QQitemZ250412483819 | ||
| Saratoga |
Just got a set of Diablo Stradas and the tread is definitely deeper than the stock Diablo T's were...Beefier in my sense of the definition but deeper tread does not burnout tolerant a tire make IMO. |
